March 23, 2008. New government research has found “large and growing” disparities in life expectancy for richer and poorer Americans, paralleling the growth of income inequality in the last two decades. NYT A14
March 23, 2008.When the World Trade Center was attacked for the first time on Feb. 26, 1993, President Bill Clinton flew to New York to be briefed on the attack and the response by city, state and federal authorities. According to newly released White House calendars of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s time as first lady, Mrs. Clinton stayed behind in Washington to attend a photo shoot with Parade magazine and a performance of “Jesus Christ Superstar.”
March 23, 2008. In Iraq, Mr. McCain did not repeat his April 2007 mistake of touring a “safe” market while protected by a small army. (CNN tried to revisit that market last week, but the idea was vetoed as too risky by the network’s security advisers). NYT WK 9.
March 23, 2008.For French women, being sexy has nothing to do with age and everything to do with attitude. Arielle Dombasle, the actress and cabaret singer married to the philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy, dared to expose her breasts on the cover of Paris Match and took off her clothes in a song-and-dance revue at Crazy Horse in Paris. Some people feel she tries too hard. But give the lady some credit. She’s turning 50 and has a Barbie-doll body.
A 600-page sociological study of sexuality in France released this month concluded that 9 out of 10 women over 50 are sexually active. The sexiest French women seem naturally skilled in the art of moving, smiling and flirting.
Chic French women prefer to peel and polish rather than paint their faces. Too much makeup, they say, makes a woman seem older, or worse, “vulgaire.” “The most beautiful makeup for a woman is passion,” Yves Saint Laurent once said. “But cosmetics are easier to buy.”
French women spend close to 20 percent of their clothing budgets on lingerie. But you also have to know how to wear it. When the Galeries Lafayette department store inaugurated its 28,000-square-foot lingerie shop in 2003, it offered free half-hour lessons by professional striptease artists. NYT WK 3
June 2, 2007. The American economy seems to have shaken out of its slumber. NYT B1
2003. [USA] adventurism is not just military, it is also financial… At the present time, however, the principal failure of the US is ideological and diplomatic. Far from being on the verge of world domination, America is steadily losing control throughout the world…. As for George W Bush and his neoconservative helpers, they will go down in history as the grive diggers of the American empire. --Todd, AFTER EMPIRE[xix, xxiii]
1999. The Lord decides to send down Cupid to shoot [Henry] Faust at a big St Patrick’s Day Easter ... Bunny festival in South Bend on Easter Sunday. Henry falls in love with Margaret, the poorest, nicest and most beautiful girl in South Bend. ... ‘she’ has a friend ... Martha, the most sophisticated girl in Indiana ... Margaret has Henry’s child, and crazed with grief and shame, drowns it in a creek. ... Margaret is convicted of murder and sentenced to death at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City. --Randy Newman’s FAUST
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